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Apprehension

//æp.ɹiˈhɛn.ʃən// noun

Noun

1
The physical act of seizing or taking hold of (something); seizing. countable, rare, uncountable
"The wing would have been a severe obstruction to apprehension of an object on the ground."
2
the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal) wordnet
3
The act of seizing or taking by legal process; arrest. countable, uncountable
"The warrant had been issued for his apprehension on the charge of rioting."
4
the cognitive condition of someone who understands wordnet
5
Perception; the act of understanding using one's intellect without affirming, denying, or passing any judgment countable, uncountable
"We live on, and in living we lose the apprehension of life."

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painful expectation wordnet
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Opinion; conception; sentiment; idea. countable, uncountable
"We think we get a kind of vague apprehension of what London means from the top of a 'bus better than anywhere else."
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fearful expectation or anticipation wordnet
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The faculty by which ideas are conceived or by which perceptions are grasped; understanding. countable, uncountable
"Strangers of limited information and dull apprehension were sometimes observed not to know what a Powler was."
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Anticipation, especially of unfavorable things such as dread or fear or the prospect of something unpleasant in the future. countable, uncountable
"Every circumstance which evinced the savage nature of the beings at whose mercy I was, augmented the fearful apprehensions that consumed me."

Borrowed from Latin apprehensio, apprehensionis, compare with French appréhension. See apprehend.

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